US Politics

That could mess up the votes enough for trump though, no? Same as an independent on the dems side could mess it up for biden?

Some background to the SCOTUS ruling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Y1J-9ej-k

We may think things are bad here but 30p Lee has nothing on Marjorie Talyor Greene
https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1765278643150872812

Confronting a bullshitter with her own bullshit...

Haley quits race. Shame, as I was rather enjoying how much it was visibly pissing Trump off she was still there and I'm sure the Biden camp were also enjoying how much time he was spending on her too.

I'm guessing the non-MAGA funders have told her enough is enough.

...if she refuses to endorse him...

Well, well, well. Eating my words.

(edit - didn't mean to edit reply, just meant to quote myself)

Katie Britt, Alabama:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1765951293690990756

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1765953076836307202

Mike Johnson says he made small talk with Kamala Harris by asking her if her parents are alive

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1765959736330002929

I might start talking like that all the time

Apparently it's the Christian Fundy way of speaking, that's why she's in the kitchen. I haven't seen anything like it since Madonna in Die Another Day:

https://twitter.com/503Blazers/status/1765951350943420615

Lol

Inside The Actor's Studio:

https://twitter.com/BowmanInc/status/1766019380310163785

“Everyone’s fucking losing it,” one Republican strategist said about
Katie Britt’s official GOP response to #SOTU. “It’s one of our biggest
disasters ever.”

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1766078818748338496

Twitter links are useless now, since we can't see the replies.

I know. If the whole thing wasn't so shit and musk wasn't such a cunt, it'd be tempting to sign up.

But then I just think, do I need to be spending any more of my time reading other people's musings?

Senator Britt's heart-rending trafficking story exposed as bollocks: https://twitter.com/WarOnDumb/status/1766461232746226048

Sorry, that was meant to be a reply to all, not just hugo7...who can only see half of it.

Why Britt's so sinister, attracting women to the far-right with talk of threats to children:

https://twitter.com/Sheri_Rogers01/status/1766207599932780966

Is there a way to see the thread without an account/giving a certain company access to one’s data?

Gimme two secs

@Sheri_Rogers01
I research women and far-right movements in the U.S. and Europe, including why women are increasingly likely to join and how their role has changed. This speech was a masterclass. 1/
4:01 AM · Mar 9, 2024
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Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
First, platform a woman. This is becoming an increasingly common and intentional tactic, especially if you can use that woman to promote the heteronormative (and white) family archetype. 2/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Place the woman in an environment that promotes traditional gender roles, even if it is a façade. Many of these women promote traditional gender norms while often violating them (e.g., working outside the home). 3/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Use references from the majority culture, like religious symbols and practices, references to ethnicity, or language (wearing a cross, referencing prayer). 4/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Raise the alarm about the threats to children. The threats to children are always a powerful motivator, which is why the “Save the Children” campaign and attacks on schools and libraries as threats are so effective.
“She had been sex-trafficked by the cartels at age 12.” 5/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Frame immigrants as a threat to women and children, especially white women.
"Just think about Laken Riley....this beautiful, 22-year-old nursing student went out on a jog one morning. But... She was brutally murdered by one of the millions of illegal border crossers” 6/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Hearken back to an idealized version of the nation (e.g., references to the blood of patriots who overthrew tyrants and pioneers who tamed the wild), and we need to reclaim that.
"Despite the current state of our union, our best days are still ahead." 7/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Promote childbirth (within heteronormative families, of course).
“We want to help loving moms and dads to bring precious life into this world.” 8/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Incorporate a call to engagement.
“I am asking you for the sake of your kids and grandkids, get into the arena.” 9/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
What is the cumulative effect? First, and most importantly, is the intentional framing. Putting women in leadership positions softens the rough edges of the movement that historically has been patriarchal and misogynistic. This mainstreams the movement. 9/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
Second, use women and children (especially children) as a foil against whatever you’re fighting against: current leadership, immigrants, foreigners, etc. Who doesn’t want to do whatever you can to protect children? This motivates participation. 10/
Sheri Rogers
@Sheri_Rogers01
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Mar 9
As a result, more women are not only joining far-right movements but are becoming active participants. This, in turn, helps normalize the movement, making it more socially acceptable and contributing to the rise of the far-right in places like the U.S., France, and Germany. 11/11

That’s very interesting. Thank you.

not the uk, presumably because here rightist tory women represent the rough edges just as much as the men. and kemi and liz and co have no chance of ever normalising anything.

@gtconway3d
The fact that Trump libeled
@ejeancarroll
on
@CNBC@SquawkCNBC
is highly significant for a procedural reason in addition to a substantive one.

Were E. Jean to sue Trump just for the speech he gave in northwest Georgia the other day, she probably would have had to sue in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

But now that he libeled her on Squawk Box, which is anchored in Manhattan, she likely may now sue in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

If she does that, the case would be assigned to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan as a case related to the earlier two cases that produced $88.3 million in damages awards

I get that the Amerkins are as precious (nearly) about the First Amendment as they are about the Second, but I'm surprised that injunctive relief isn't available in a case like this. It seems that in the US you can libel somebody all you like, as long as you have deep pockets. Or you're willing to hide your assets and declare bankruptcy, Alex Jones-style.